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Thanks guys I have rec'd a few emails offering help with my engine swap. This thread is actually the best one I have ever read.

Yea, Aircool and when a 914 with a 377 SBC rolls past you in a corner (having alot more fun)....you'll be thinking..how'd he do that? Thats not a 914-6....Well...Well...I'll show him, my radio is blaupunct, dam I forgot I put in a Kenwood last year, well.. my engine sounds good..Well I feel better anyway becuase at least MY car only wheels from a different year, aftermarket engine parts, italian built racing seats, jap tires, korean radio, taiwan carpet, shocks from somewhere, bushings from a plastic co in utah, seat covers for nintendo, a well made roll bar from Eds garage, a deck lid 20 yrs newer, window rubber from Hong Kong, and most of its original fender lips cut off.

I said from the start, and I'll say it more specific, I LOVE THE FLAT 6, I just can't get the power (350+lbs torque) without thowing old nuggets out the window AND if I did throw the nuggets I would probably end up along side the highway in route to Iowa.

It's amazing, I guess I can toss any part of the 911 chassis into the trading parts bin and carry around whats original on the flat 6 engine around to track events and be ok with some guys. Does that mean a corvair with a 911 engine is a 911? A 911 with a SBC is not a Chevy? What is a 914 with a factory installed 8 cyl?

Interesting no one has given the old Porsche mechanic ks911 any reason to believe he's really not as happy as he thinks he is (is it just his imagination?).

Butchery, well it's all perspective. If I can return it to stock, then I personally don't see the butchery. Especially if it's devoid of guadyness, looks stock, to include the ORIGINAL fender lips. I have even been offered two different deck lids (for real cheap) a whail tail and a fiberglass RSR version, nope I'll keep the stock deck lid.
change the front fenders, nope. Axe any of the body lines, nope. I like the design the Porsche family gave the car to BUTCHER it. I wish the Butchers would please stop cuts pieces off the 911 and adding gaudy homemade stuff, its tearing me apart inside.

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